Dick's Sporting Goods poised to open near Jordan Creek

Company is 2nd-largest sporting goods retailer in U.S.

1:18 AM,
Oct. 3, 2013

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The second-largest sporting goods retailer in the United States is getting ready to open its first Des Moines- area store.

Dick's Sporting Goods, which is under construction north of Lowe's and near Jordan Creek Town Center in West Des Moines, has started hiring workers and hopes to have the store open in time for the holiday shopping season.

Company officials won't release a specific opening date for the 55,000-square-foot store, which will occupy part of a retail site along Jordan Creek Parkway being developed by Richard Hurd. In a release this week, Dick's said it will "host a three-day ...